A former member of the United States Navy’s top brass says he hopes Australia would send its nuclear powered submarines to support America if there is a war over Taiwan. Ex-US Navy secretary Richard Spencer addressed the National Press Club in Canberra on Monday nearly a week after Anthony AlbaneseContinue Reading
Investors and employees at Swiss bank Credit Suisse are growing nervous following the news that the financial institution has collapsed. On Monday afternoon Australian time (Sunday local time), investment bank Credit Suisse announced that it was going to be absorbed by the country’s largest bank and its main rival, UBS,Continue Reading
The third season of SailGP is set to be decided by a battle between two-time defending champions Australia and New Zealand in the season finale in San Francisco. Canada won the penultimate event of the season in Christchurch on Sunday, claiming victory in the final podium race ahead of NewContinue Reading
When Paul Keating finally won his spectacular double-tap leadership coup against Bob Hawke in 1991, legend has it he sent a message to Hawke’s jittery praetorian guard: “Peace in our time.” In other words, there would be no reprisals, no payback, no stripping of ministries for those who had theContinue Reading
A seemingly contradictory detail on the wrapper of a popular chocolate bar has caused a stir online. Nestle launched KitKat V in early 2021, but while it’s “sold out” in Australia and New Zealand, the vegan chocolate block is still available overseas. Unlike regular bars, the KitKat V is madeContinue Reading
The King has left his grandchildren Prince Archie and Princess Lili out of his coronation plans. And that is a huge mistake. I wonder if, one day, Princess Lilibet, currently seventh in line to the throne and the only member of the British monarchy born on US soil and surroundedContinue Reading
The Prince and Princess of Wales have released a pair of adorable family photographs to mark Mother’s Day in the United Kingdom. Prince William, 40, and Kate Middleton, 41, posted the snaps on their Kensington Palace social media counts. One of the images shows Kate sitting in a tree withContinue Reading
Australian actor Peter Hardy has been identified as the man who drowned at a beach in Western Australia last week. Hardy, 66, was best known for his roles in McLeod’s Daughters, Chopper and Neighbours. The West Australian reports he was pulled from the water, unresponsive, at South Beach in FremantleContinue Reading
China is angry that Australia’s building eight submarines. Meanwhile it’s busily expanding its own fleet to 70. It’s part of what Chairman Xi Jinping this week declared will be a “Great Wall of Steel”. And neighbouring countries are increasingly worried they’ll get trapped behind it. In the first speech ofContinue Reading
When you think of fragrance, two places often come to mind: Paris and New York. France is widely known the “undisputed home of perfumery”, thanks to a mixture of homegrown technical expertise and an abundance of raw materials behind some of the most iconic scents. New York is famed forContinue Reading